Video processing apparatus and method for managing tracking object

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EP 2 665 017 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.06.2014 Bulletin 2014/23

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	20.11.2013 Bulletin 2013/47

(21)	Application number: 13168349.2

(22)	Date of filing: 17.05.2013

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G06K 9/00^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

17.05.2012 JP 2012113475

(71)	Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
	Ohta-ku Tokyo 146-8501 (JP)

(72)	Inventor:
	Kawano, Atsushi Ohta-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(74)	Representative: Northway, Daniel Robert
	Canon Europe Ltd European Patent Department 3 The Square Stockley Park Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1ET Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1ET (GB)

(54)	Video processing apparatus and method for managing tracking object

(57) A video processing apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect that a tracking target moving in a video has split into a plurality of objects, and a determination unit configured to, when the first detection unit detects that the tracking target has split into the plurality of objects, determine a number of objects included in the tracking target before splitting of the tracking target based on a number of the plurality of objects after splitting of the tracking target.

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